Above Photo: The Bulkley River in Houston, British Columbia. Actually I took a picture from this very same spot in Summer. Here is a link to this.
I also will post a winter photo from the same location as well.
My wife and I decided to get out of the home for a while and I thought I would take some new photos of the Fall colours that are present in our small town of Houston, British Columbia.
So we drove around Houston, and I snapped some photos of what we saw.
We also headed out a short distance from Houston to a small lake, where in summer people flock to Irrigation Lake to go swimming, sunbathing, fishing, hiking and they take along a picnic basket for their lunch. You can also cook some hot-dogs and hamburgers over fire pits. There is a sandy beach for the little ones to make sandcastles, or just to dig a big hole to get lost in. There are toilets/outhouses on site, and change rooms.
Above Photo: The Bulkley River in Houston, British Columbia.
If you do decide to try your luck at fishing, only electric motors are allowed on the lake and of course you can paddle around in a canoe. Also in winter, many folks are seen out on the frozen lake ice fishing, and they do pretty good catching some nice sized trout.
Irrigation Lake is located approximately 14 km west of Houston, B.C. on Highway 16. There is a sign located on the highway to the right hand side of the road just before you get to the lake’s turnoff, giving you a heads up, but one has to be careful as the main sign/turnoff for the lake comes up really quick and I know I have had to slam on my brakes to make the left hand turn off of the highway and onto the lake’s gravel road.
Above Photo: Irrigation Lake Houston, British Columbia.
I think I might bring this up at one of the town’s meetings as it can be a bit dangerous to the public.
I also added some photos of scenery in which I took when leaving Irrigation Lake and driving back into Houston on highway 16. We finally decided to go home, but something really
interesting caught my eye.
Above Photo: Photo taken from just outside of Houston, British Columbia on
Yellowhead Highway 16.
Above Photo: Photo taken from just outside of Houston, British Columbia on
Yellowhead Highway 16.
Above Photo: Photo taken from just outside of Houston, British Columbia on
Yellowhead Highway 16.
I must have driven by this old building hundreds of times and never gave it a thought, or noticed it until today. So below I have added three pictures of the old building. I will check in town to see if there is any records on the building.
Above Photo: Photo taken from downtown Houston, British Columbia.
Above Photo: Photo taken from downtown Houston, British Columbia. The above and below pictures puts me in mind of a witch that may pop out of the building and and drop me in her large cooking pot. Or maybe something out of a movie.
Above Photo: Photo taken from downtown Houston, British Columbia.
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Travel Houston, British Columbia with Brian Vike.
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